St. Tammany Parish. It is north of Lake Pontchatrain
on the south side of I-12. Chahta-Ima Elementary
serves students in Pre-school - 3rd grade.
After being destroyed by fire, Chahta-Ima Elementary
opened as a K-4 elementary school in 1977. A pre-kindergarten
was added in 1986. A non-categorical preschool program
was added in 1991. In 1996, due to redistricting changes,
the fourth grade shifted to Bayou Lacombe Middle School. Chahta-Ima's grade structure of Pre-kindergarten through
Grade 3 is self-contained. Currently the school is staffed
by a principal, an assitant principal, a resource helping teacher, a part-time
mental health provider, a full time guidance counselor,
3 part time speech therapists, 26 certified teachers and 8 paraprofessionals. The average years of teaching experience
at Chahta - Ima Elementary is 16 and 54% of the faculty hold
advanced degrees.
Students may be dropped off at 8:00 am and
picked up at 3:21p.m. on the west side of
the building. Bus riders are dropped off
between 8:00 am and 8:30 am. The buses pick
up the students at 3:31 pm.
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